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Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Young Investigator Program (YIP)

Air Force Office of Scientific Research · FA955026S0003 · Deadline: December 4, 2026 · Advertised ceiling: $450k

This listing sits under an agency-wide umbrella (CFDA 12.800, Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program — ~605 awards/yr across many separate competitions). Program-level statistics would describe the whole umbrella, not this competition, so we don't show them as if they were this opportunity's history. Any tool showing "award history" for this listing at the program level is describing the umbrella.

Listing summary

This is a special Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), which will hereafter generally be referred to as “we”, “us”, “our”, or “AFOSR.” The Fiscal Year 2027 Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) intends to support individual early career scientists and engineers who have received their Ph.D. or equivalent degrees by 01 April 2019 or later showing exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The program objective is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance e…

Eligibility: Public and State institutions of higher education, Nonprofits with 501(c)(3), other than higher education, Nonprofits without 501(c)(3), Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses · Categories: Science and Technology · official listing ↗

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